Retroactively

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In a retroactive manner; with reversed or retrospective action.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adverb. In a retroactive manner.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adverb. Done after the fact; applying to events that have previously transpired.
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  • adverb. after the fact
  • Word Usage
    "It didn't always make sense, but you could tell that the writers were sincere about laying the longterm groundwork, or at least successful in retroactively paying off random moments from the earlier films."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound